Nathan Blackwell is a Phoenix-based filmmaker who began his career like many of his counter-parts, as a weird eleven year-old kid running around with a camera. In 1998 he directed his first feature film, Forever Midnight, and in 2007 he created his production company Squishy Studios, with which he produced numerous short films and the award winning, two season web series Voyage Trekkers. He's won over 40 filmmaking awards, including six ADDYs for directing commercial and branded content, was named by the New Times as one of Phoenix's 100 Creatives, and recently won Filmmaker of the Year at the Phoenix Film Festival for his feature film "The Last Movie Ever Made."
Nate McWhortor joins us to dig into The Living Daylights (1987), the movie that hands the tuxedo to a brand-new 007 and asks the trio whether “Bond summer” gets even better on the second stop.
Jeff Frank joins to discuss “A View to a Kill”, Roger Moore’s final outing as 007. Expect microchips, motorized blimps, and real disagreement over just how silly a Bond movie can get.
Grace Campbell of Adventures in Collide Podcast joins us to dig into Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)—a Patrick Dempsey gem perpetually overshadowed by the John Hughes canon.
Krissy, Nathan, and guest Mandy Kaplan revisit When Harry Met Sally… (1989)—Nora Ephron’s screenplay, Harry’s infamous thesis, and what it’s like to finally watch a film you’ve only known in clips.
Pete Wright joins us to dig into Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987), where the real question isn’t whether Al Capone goes down, but how far a Fed is willing to bend to make it happen.
We strap in for Philip Kaufman’s sweeping 1983 epic The Right Stuff—a film so genuinely, stubbornly good that it nearly breaks our ability to snark about it.
Francis Zagarigo and Jenna Jacobsen of the Very Fine Friends podcast join us to take on Invasion U.S.A., the Chuck Norris one-man-army spectacular.
Two returning special guests—Kyle Olson and Pete Wright—join us to dig into one of the most electric, beguiling, and undeniably Prince films ever committed to celluloid: Purple Rain (1984).
Eric Weir joins us to tackle The Dark Crystal (1982), the film that proved Muppets could die on screen and parents could regret their viewing choices. Turns out, it’s warm, weird, and genuinely curious!
REBROADCAST: Sean Oliver and Drew Leatham join us to navigate the wonderfully bonkers 1984 sci-fi comedy Ice Pirates. This movie has everything—and we mean everything.